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After more than a year of absence from the ring, unified world welterweight title list Errol Spence Jr. returns to defend his WBC and IBF belts against Danny Garcia on Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Spence (26-0, 21 KOs) defeated Shawn Porter in September 2019 and as talks heat up for his next fight, Spence was involved in a car crash that left him hospitalized with lacerations to his face and broken teeth. He was charged with impaired driving. Spence was able to resume training in March, but there are many questions about his ability to take hits after the crash.
Garcia (36-2, 21KOs), is a former welterweight world champion and welterweight world titles. He lost his last two attempts to regain a 147-pound belt in a close losing decision to Porter and Keith Thurman, but had a dominant performance in a one-sided victory over Ivan Redkach in January.
In the co-main event, Sebastian “The Towering Inferno” Fundora takes on Habib Ahmed in a WBC junior middleweight eliminator. Fundora (15-0-1, 10 KOs) has two wins so far in 2020, a unanimous decision over Daniel Lewis in February and a sixth round knockout against Nathaniel Gallimore in August. Ahmed (27-1-1, 18 KOs) replaced his original opponent Jorge Cota this week after Cota tested positive for COVID-19.
Also on the undercard PPV, Josesito Lopez (37-9, 20 KOs) takes on Francisco Santana (25-8-1, 12 KOs) in a welterweight battle, and Eduardo Ramirez (23-2-3, 10 KOs) takes on Miguel Flores (24-3, 12 KOs) in a WBA featherweight eliminator.
Ben Baby provides recaps and analysis of the action as it goes.
Current fight: Burley Brooks vs. Marco Delgado, 6 rounds, super middleweight
Still to come:
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Title fight: Errol Spence Jr. vs. Danny Garcia, 12 rounds, for Spence’s WBC and IBF welterweight titles
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Sebastian Fundora vs Habib Ahmed, 12 rounds, WBC junior middleweight eliminator
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Josesito Lopez vs Francisco Santana 10 rounds, welterweight
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Eduardo Ramirez vs Miguel Flores, 12 rounds, WBA featherweight eliminator
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Isaac Avelar v Sakaria Lukas, 10 shots, featherweight
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Vito Mielnicki Jr. v Steven Pulluaim, 6 rounds, welterweight
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